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加拉太书生命读经 · 第15篇

那灵 – 福音的福

THE SPIRIT—THE BLESSING OF THE GOSPEL
1读经：加拉太书3:5,8-9,14，以弗所书1:13，使徒行传2:33,39，约翰福音7:39，哥林多前书
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2十15:45下，哥林多后书3:17，腓立比书1:19。
2Scripture Reading: Gal. 3:5, 8-9, 14; Eph. 1:13; Acts 2:33, 39; John 7:39; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17; Phil. 1:19
3信仰与律法的对比
3THE CONTRAST BETWEEN FAITH AND LAW
4三章说到信仰与律法之间强烈的对比。律法是旧约里人与神关系的基础，而信仰是新约里人接触神的原则。旧约是律法时代，新约乃是信仰时代。律法作为人与神关系的基础，要求人用自己的努力，来满足律法的要求，以讨神的喜悦。律法与神并没有内在的关联。相反的，律法是与神分开的；律法将命令加诸人身上，人若要取悦于神，就必须满足这些要求。依照信仰的原则，人不需要在肉体里挣扎努力来取悦于神。反之，人要听见神如何渴望成为他的一切。神已经计画好要祝福我们。祂为我们的缘故成为肉体，在地上生活，并为著完成救赎而受死。祂已经从死人中复活，成了赐生命的灵。现今祂正在呼召人来接受祂。祂热切盼望进到人里面，作他们的生命和他们的一切，使他们与祂成为一。这就是听信仰。在这样的听信仰里，我们听见神一切的美言，神一切的祝福。信仰包含听见神向我们所说的一切美事。藉著这样的听，就唤醒我们里面对主耶稣的珍赏。我们因著珍赏主，自然而然就呼求祂的名。这样我们就接受祂，领受祂，并且与祂联合。然后我们就有分于祂并享受祂。这一切都与信仰有关。律法要求人作工，信仰却接受神所是的一切，神所计画、定意的一切，神所成就的一切，神所得著并达到的一切，以及神所要分赐到我们里面的一切。律法有的是要求，但信仰没有要求，只有接受经过过程的三一神。我们接受三一神，也就接受了救赎、救恩、赦罪、永远的生命、以及一切属天、神圣并属灵的事物。律法和信仰的对比何等大！离开信仰转回律法实在是无知。
4In chapter three there is a strong contrast between faith and law. Law was the basis for the relationship between man and God in the Old Testament, whereas faith is the principle by which people contact God in the New Testament. The Old Testament was a dispensation of law, whereas the New Testament is a dispensation of faith. As the basis for the relationship between man and God, the law requires that man use his own effort to fulfill the law’s requirements in order to please God. The law is not related to God intrinsically. Rather, it stands apart from God and places demands upon man that must be fulfilled if man is to please God. According to the principle of faith, man is not required to strive in his flesh to please God. Instead, man is to hear how God desires to be everything to him. God has planned to bless us. For our sake, He became incarnated, lived on earth, and died to accomplish redemption. He has been resurrected from among the dead and has become the life-giving Spirit. Now He is calling people to receive Him. He is eagerly expecting to come into people and to be their life and their everything so that they may be one with Him. This is the hearing of faith. In this hearing of faith, we hear all the well-speaking of God, all His blessing. Faith involves the hearing concerning all the good things of God toward us. Through this hearing an appreciation for the Lord Jesus is awakened within us. Out of our appreciation for the Lord, we spontaneously call on His name. In this way we receive Him, accept Him, and join ourselves to Him. Then we go on to partake of Him and enjoy Him. All this is related to faith. Law requires man to work, but faith receives all that God is, all that God has planned and purposed, all that God has accomplished, all that God has obtained and attained, and all that God intends to impart into us. With law, there are demands. But with faith there are no demands; there is only the receiving of the processed Triune God. By receiving the Triune God, we also receive redemption, salvation, forgiveness, eternal life, and all the heavenly, divine, and spiritual things. What a contrast between law and faith! Surely it is foolish to turn from faith and go back to the law
十二个紧要的题目
TWELVE CRUCIAL SUBJECTS
5我们已经指出，加拉太三章是很难的一章，是新约中最难懂的章节之一。保罗在这章里似乎一再转换题目。很多人读了这章，却不明白保罗到底在说甚么。所说到的点好像彼此并不相关。要明白这章圣经并不是一节一节的去读，乃要专注在主要的点上。保罗在这章里至少说到十二个主要的题目：钉十字架的基督、基督与那灵、听信仰与行律法相对、那灵乃是福音的福、那灵与肉体相对、传给亚伯拉罕的福音、应许与律法相对、信仰顶替律法、亚伯拉罕的后裔与亚伯拉罕的子孙、浸入基督、穿上基督、以及众人在基督里都是一。这些乃是这章中要紧的点。我们若花时间来看这些重点，并在祷告中仔细思量，对于我们了解这一章会有很大的帮助。我们已经看过，钉十字架的基督、基督与那灵、以及听信仰与行律法相对这几个题目。在本篇信息中，我们要来看那灵是福音的福。我作基督徒的这许多年间，听到许多事物都是福音的福，如救恩、救赎、赦罪、永远的生命等。在基督教里，人们常听说，能彀上天堂住在天上的华厦里，是福音的一大福分。你有没有听过，福音的福乃是那灵？
5We have pointed out that Galatians 3 is a very difficult chapter, one of the most difficult chapters in the New Testament. In this chapter Paul seems to go from one subject to another. Many read this chapter without having any idea what Paul is talking about. It seems that the points covered are not related to one another. The way to understand this chapter is not to go verse by verse. Rather, it is to concentrate on the main points. In this chapter Paul covers at least twelve major subjects: Christ crucified; Christ and the Spirit; the hearing of faith versus works of law; the Spirit as the blessing of the gospel; the Spirit versus the flesh; the gospel preached to Abraham; the promise versus the law; faith replacing law; the seed of Abraham and the sons of Abraham; baptized into Christ; putting on Christ; and all one in Christ. These are the crucial points in this chapter. If we spend time to consider them and to dwell on them in prayer, we shall be greatly helped in understanding this chapter. Having covered the subjects of Christ crucified, Christ and the Spirit, and the hearing of faith versus works of law, we come in this message to the Spirit as the blessing of the gospel. During the years I have been a Christian, I have heard that many things are the blessing of the gospel: salvation, redemption, forgiveness, eternal life. In Christianity people are often told that being able to go to heaven and to live in a mansion is a great blessing related to the gospel. Have you ever heard that the blessing of the gospel is the Spirit?
经过过程的三一神
the processed Triune God
6圣经的用辞总是非常精简的。『那灵』有特别的意义，和圣灵有点不同。保罗在加拉太书中不是说圣灵，而是说那灵。福音总和的福不是救恩、救赎、赦罪、生命或上天堂；福音总和的福分乃是那灵。那灵是指经过成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活和升天种种过程的三一神─父、子、灵。主耶稣进入复活以后，才吩咐祂的门徒将人浸入父、子、圣灵的名里。这是因为在基督复活以前，三一神还没有完全经过过程。约翰七章三十九节说，那时『还没有』那灵，虽然圣灵已经存在了，如马太一章及路加一章的记载所指明的。新约清楚的告诉我们，主耶稣在童女马利亚的腹中成孕，这事与圣灵有关。但是直到基督复活之前，还没有那灵─包罗万有赐生命的灵。约翰七章三十九节告诉我们，那时还没有那灵，因为耶稣尚未得著荣耀。主是在祂的复活里得著荣耀的，（路二四26，）因此，当主复活得著荣耀以后，才有了那灵。
6In the Bible, where words are always used economically, the Spirit has a particular meaning, somewhat different from the Holy Spirit. In Galatians Paul speaks not of the Holy Spirit, but of the Spirit. The total blessing of the gospel is not salvation, redemption, forgiveness, life, or going to heaven — it is the Spirit. The Spirit denotes the Triune God — the Father, the Son, and the Spirit — who has been processed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Only after He had entered into resurrection did the Lord Jesus command His disciples to baptize people into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The reason for this is that prior to the resurrection of Christ, the Triune God had not been fully processed. In the words of John 7:39, the Spirit was “not yet,” even though the Holy Spirit was already in existence, as indicated by the record of Matthew 1 and Luke 1. The New Testament tells us clearly that the Holy Spirit was involved in the conception of the Lord Jesus in the womb of the virgin Mary. But the Spirit as the all-inclusive life - giving Spirit was “not yet” until the resurrection of Christ. John 7:39 tells us that the Spirit was not yet because Jesus was not yet glorified. The Lord was glorified in His resurrection (Luke 24:26). Therefore, after His glorification by resurrection, the Spirit was in existence.
7从福音书我们往前来到使徒行传和书信。保罗的职事是完成的职事。他在歌罗西一章二十五节说，他照神赐他的管家职分，作了召会的执事，要完成神的话。因此，神话语的完成既不在福音书，也不在使徒行传，乃是在保罗的书信。神圣的启示特别是在四卷书里得著完成，就是加拉太书、以弗所书、腓立比书和歌罗西书。在保罗的书信里，那灵完满的启示了出来。福音书或使徒行传并没有这样的启示那灵。保罗著作中所启示的那灵，乃是父、子、灵经过了过程，成为包罗万有赐生命的灵。这灵进到信徒里面，成了他们的生命和一切。这灵是福音总和的福。那灵是福音的福，包含了赦罪、救赎、救恩、和好、称义、永远的生命、神圣的性情、拔高且复活的人性，以及三一神的自己。
7From the Gospels we proceed to the Acts and to the Epistles. Paul’s ministry was a completing ministry. In Colossians 1:25 he says that he became a minister according to the stewardship of God to complete the word of God. Hence, the completion of God’sword is found neither in the Gospels, nor in the Acts, but in the Epistles of Paul. In particular, the divine revelation is completed in four books: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. In Paul’s Epistles the Spirit is revealed in a full way. We do not have such a revelation of the Spirit in the Gospels or in the Acts. The Spirit as revealed in Paul’s writings is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit processed to become the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit. This Spirit enters into the believers to be their life and everything to them. Such a Spirit is the total blessing of the gospel. As the blessing of the gospel, the Spirit includes forgiveness, redemption, salvation, reconciliation, justification, eternal life, the divine nature, the uplifted and resurrected human nature, and the very Triune God Himself
亚伯拉罕的福
THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM
8加拉太三章十三至十四节说，『基督既为我们成了咒诅，就赎出我们脱离律法的咒诅，因为经上记著：「凡挂在木头上的，都是被咒诅的，」为叫亚伯拉罕的福，在基督耶稣里可以临到外邦人，使我们藉著信，可以接受所应许的那灵。』十四节是极其重要的，因为结合了那灵的应许与亚伯拉罕的福。亚伯拉罕的福，乃是神为著地上的万国，应许给亚伯拉罕的福。（创十二3。）这应许已经成就了，这福已经在基督里，藉十字架的救赎临到了万国。十四节上下文指明，那灵就是神为著万国所应许亚伯拉罕的福，也是信徒藉著相信基督所接受的。那灵就是复合的灵，实际上就是神自己在祂神圣的三一里，经过成为肉体、钉十字架、复活、升天并降下的过程，给我们接受，作我们的生命和一切。这是神福音的中心。
8Galatians 3:13 and 14 say, “Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse on our behalf; because it is written, Cursed is every one hanging on a tree, in order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” Because it combines the promise of the Spirit with the blessing of Abraham, verse 14 is extremely important. The blessing of Abraham is the blessing promised by God to Abraham (Gen. 12:3) for all the nations of the earth. This promise was fulfilled, and this blessing has come to the nations in Christ through His redemption by the cross. The context of verse 14 indicates that the Spirit is the blessing which God promised to Abraham for all the nations and which has been received by the believers through faith in Christ. The Spirit is the compound Spirit and actually is God Himself processed in His Trinity through incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and descension, for us to receive as our life and our everything. This is the focus of the gospel of God
9神应许亚伯拉罕物质方面的福乃是美地，（创十二7，十三15，十七8，二六3～4，）作包罗万有之基督的豫表。（西一12。）因著基督至终实化为包罗万有赐生命的灵，（林前十五45，林后三17，）这应许之灵的福，就与应许亚伯拉罕之地的福相符。实际上，这灵作基督在我们经历中的实化，就是美地，作神全备供应的源头，给我们享受。
9The physical aspect of the blessing God promised to Abraham was the good land (Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 17:8; 26:3-4), which was a type of the all-inclusive Christ (Col. 1:12). Since Christ is eventually realized as the all - inclusive life - giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17), the blessing of the promised Spirit corresponds to the blessing of the promised land. Actually, the Spirit as the realization of Christ in our experience is the good land as the source of God’s bountiful supply for us to enjoy.
10我们读创世记，就会看见神给亚伯拉罕应许的中心点，乃是亚伯拉罕的后裔要承受那地。照著加拉太三章，基督就是这后裔，这惟一的后裔。不仅如此，就如我们常常指出的，美地是包罗万有基督的完满豫表。一面，那后裔是基督；另一面，美地是基督的豫表。亚伯拉罕的福完全与基督有关。基督乃是所应许之福的中心。
10If we read the book of Genesis, we shall see that the focal point of God’s promise to Abraham was that Abraham’s seed would inherit the land. According to Galatians 3, Christ is this seed, the unique seed. Furthermore, as we have often pointed out, the good land is a full type of the all-inclusive Christ. On the one hand, the seed is Christ; on the other hand, the land is a type of Christ. The blessing of Abraham is altogether related to Christ. Christ is the focus of the promised blessing
接受那灵作福
RECEIVING THE SPIRIT AS THE BLESSING
11不过，十四节并不是说，我们接受亚伯拉罕的福就是接受基督。这节乃是说，我们接受那灵。当然，这指明这里的那灵就是亚伯拉罕的福。
11However, verse 14 does not say that in receiving the blessing of Abraham we receive Christ. Instead, this verse tells us that we receive the Spirit. Surely this indicates that the Spirit here is the blessing of Abraham
12那一种灵能作神应许给亚伯拉罕的福？甚么灵是那包罗万有的福，就是基督作为那后裔与美地？这必定是那灵─那包罗万有赐生命的灵。林前十五章四十五节说，末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵；林后三章十七节宣告，如今主就是那灵。钦定英文译本林后三章十七节是说『那位灵』（that）。这种繙译不准确，因为希腊文是用定冠词，所以，合式的繙译应当是『那灵』（theSpirit），指的是基督得著荣耀以前『还没有』的那灵。在主成为肉体的时候，圣灵就不仅有神性，更开始有人性的成分。从那时起，圣灵就复合主的人性生活、钉十字架、复活，而成为那灵，就是包罗万有的灵，复合著神性、人性，以及主的人性生活、死和复活。凡神所定意、计画，以及祂藉著成为肉体、人性生活、钉死和复活所完成的一切，全都包含在那灵里。因此，那灵是包罗万有的，是三一神经过过程，作了我们的一切。这灵就是福音的福。
12What kind of Spirit could be the blessing God promised to Abraham? What Spirit would be the all - inclusive blessing, which is Christ as the seed and as the land? It must be the Spirit, the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit. First Corinthians 15:45 says that the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit, and 2 Corinthians 3:17 declares that now the Lord is the Spirit. In 2 Corinthians 3:17 the King James Version says “that Spirit.” This rendering is not accurate, for the Greek word uses the definite Spirit article. Hence, the proper rendering is “the Spirit,” referring to the Spirit who was “not yet” until Christ had been glorified. At the time of the Lord’s in carnation, the Holy Spirit began to have the element of humanity as well as divinity. From that time, the Holy Spirit was compounded with the Lord’s human living, crucifixion, and resurrection and became the Spirit, the all - inclusive Spirit compounded with divinity, humanity, and the Lord’s human living, death, and resurrection. All that God has purposed and planned and all that He has accomplished through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection is included in the Spirit. Hence, the Spirit is all - inclusive, the Triune God processed to be everything to us. This Spirit is the blessing of the gospel.
藉著信接受那灵
RECEIVING THE SPIRIT BY FAITH
13我们已经藉著信接受了那灵。当我们开始珍赏主耶稣并相信祂时，我们就接受了那灵。在接受那灵这事上，恩赐的显明或说方言是没有地位的，因为我们是藉著听信仰接受了那灵。正确经历内里生命的见证
13We have received this Spirit by faith. When we began to appreciate the Lord Jesus and believe in Him, we received the Spirit. In this receiving of the Spirit, the manifestation of gifts or the speaking in tongues had no place, for we received the Spirit by the hearing of faith. A TESTIMONY TO THE PROPER EXPERIENCE
OF THE INNER LIFE
14我愿意告诉你们一点我自己的故事。我出生时就在组织的基督教里，得救以后，才开始宝爱圣经。我和弟兄会在一起的那些年间，得著了不少圣经的知识。后来我遇见了倪弟兄，他是一个既认识内里生命又认识召会的人，他帮助我经历内里的生命和召会生活。在一九三六年间，我和其他的人一样，开始追求所谓『灵恩』的经历，尤其是说方言的经历。有一段时期，我在这件事上放胆刚强。但我渐渐明白，没有一件事比得上在召会中对内里生命的经历，于是我放弃了灵恩的追求。我自然而然就丢下了那些东西，为要在召会生活中享受内里的生命。我们没有从灵恩的事物中得到甚么益处，相反的，那些东西只会造成难处。一九四三年，我家乡烟台的召会受了打岔，离开正确内里的生命，转向过度的追求灵恩。那时候我得了重病，带头的弟兄们不知道该怎样应付那种光景。我们都晓得，这个问题和黑暗的权势有关，而对付这难处惟一的路就是祷告。过了不久，召会中的一位姊妹因肺结核死去。在那一班说方言的人当中，有一位带头的姊妹立刻豫言说，那位病故的姊妹会在第二天中午从死人中复活。她还告诉那位病故姊妹的丈夫说，不需要为妻子安排后事，因为他的妻子会从死人中复活。第二天，成百的人聚集在一起，等著要看这个神迹发生。他们等到中午，但一点动静也没有。最后大约是下午三点的时候，一位长老告诉众人，不要再去注意那个胡言乱语的豫言。他又劝那位病故姊妹的丈夫安排后事。这时众人才散去，每个人都失望、泄气的回家。这件事使召会再回到内里生命的正确经历上，离弃灵恩的事物。
14Let me tell you something of my own history. I was born into organized Christianity. After I was saved, I came to love the Bible. During my years with the Brethren, I acquired a considerable amount of Bible knowledge. Eventually, I met Brother Nee, one who knew both the inner life and the church. He helped me to experience the inner life and also the church life. Then in 1936, along with others, I began to pursue the so-called Pentecostal experiences, in particular, the experience of speaking in tongues. For a period of time, I was bold and strong in this matter. However, I came to realize that nothing can compare with the experience of the inner life in the church, and I gave up my involvement with the Pentecostal things. I spontaneously dropped those things in favor of enjoying the inner life in the church life. We did not receive any benefit from the Pentecostal things. On the contrary, those things only caused problems. In 1943 the church in my home town, Chefoo, was carried away from the proper inner life to the excesses of the Pentecostal things. I was ill at the time, and the leading ones did not know how to handle the situation. We realized that this problem was related to the power of darkness and that the only way to deal with it was to pray. Awhile later, a sister in the church died of tuberculosis. Immediately, a sister who took the lead among those who spoke in tongues prophesied that the deceased sister would be raised from the dead at noon the following day. This particular sister went on to tell the husband of the sister who had died that there was no need for him to make funeral arrangements since his wife would be raised from the dead. The next day hundreds of people gathered together, waiting for this miracle to take place. They waited until twelve noon, but nothing happened. Finally, about three o’clock in the afternoon, one of the elders told the people that they should pay no further attention to the nonsensical prophecy which had been given. He further advised the husband of the deceased sister to make the necessary arrangements for the funeral. The crowd was dispersed, and everyone went home, disappointed and dejected. This one incident caused the church to come back to the proper experience of the inner life, and to turn away from the Pentecostal things
15这位经过过程，成了包罗万有赐生命之灵的三一神，默示祂的众仆人，要传讲福音的美言。当人听见这美言，他们里面自然而然就兴起了对主耶稣的珍赏。他们也珍赏基督的救赎、永远的生命、以及宝贵的赦罪。他们因著珍赏就呼求主，因而接受那灵作神福音完满的福。我们的经历和表现也许不同，但我们都同样接受了那灵。不管我们是怎样被带到主面前，我们都已藉著听信仰，接受了那灵作福音的福。
15As the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, the processed Triune God inspires His servants to preach the good word of the gospel. As people listen to this well-speaking, spontaneously an appreciation for the Lord Jesus is stirred up within them. They also appreciate Christ’s redemption, eternal life, and the precious forgiveness of sins. Out of their appreciation they call on the Lord and thereby receive the Spirit as the full blessing of the gospel of God. The experience and the expression may differ, but we all are the same in having received the Spirit. No matter how we were brought to the Lord, we all have received the Spirit as the blessing of the gospel through the hearing faith
生机联结的发展
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIC UNION
16在神新约的经纶里，听信仰的原则顶替了律法。我们因著信，就得以进入与三一神生机的联结里。我们若不是受了宗教及其教训的打岔，这生机的联结早已得著完满的发展。今天主在祂的恢复里，一直在发展这生机的联结，而且主要使这生机的联结发展到极致。这联结越发展，我们就越享受福音总和的福。
16In God’s New Testament economy, the principle of the hearing of faith replaces the law. By faith we are brought into an organic union with the Triune God. If we had not been frustrated by religion with its teachings, this organic union would have been fully developed by now. Today in His recovery the Lord is developing this organic union, and He will cause it to be developed to the uttermost. The more this union is developed, the more we enjoy the total blessing of the gospel
复合的灵
the compound Spirit
17我们所接受作为福音之福的那灵，乃是包罗万有、复合的灵，由出埃及三十章二十三至二十五节复合的膏油所豫表。各种香料和橄榄油复合产生膏油，表征基督的人性、死和复活与神的灵复合，产生那包罗万有的灵。这灵是神新约经纶里给信徒的全备供应。（加三5，腓一19。）我们藉著信已经接受了这灵，作为神应许给亚伯拉罕福音的福。那灵作为经过过程的三一神，乃是作为美地之包罗万有基督的完满实化。这就是那灵成了福音总和的福。
17The Spirit we have received as the blessing of the gospel is the all-inclusive, compound Spirit typified by the compound ointment in Exodus 30:23-25. The compounding of the spices with the olive oil to produce the ointment typifies the compounding of Christ’s humanity, death, and resurrection with the Spirit of God to produce the all-inclusive Spirit. This Spirit is the bountiful supply to the believers in God’s New Testament economy (Gal. 3:5; Phil. 1:19). By faith we have received this Spirit as the blessing of the gospel promised to Abraham by God. As the processed Triune God, the Spirit is the full realization of the all-inclusive Christ as the good land. This is the Spirit as the total blessing of the gospel